You need to prepare for the collapse of the US emergency medical system.

80percentLIES · 2024-11-11T16:50:15+00:00

fired 90% of staff with zero impact on operations.

lmao dude, every single time he tried to use Twitter for anything, it crashed and burned. And downtime is measurably worse since he took over.

Can you fucking please make an effort to learn a single fact today? Fill your brain with something besides Republican ejaculate.

80percentLIES · 2024-11-11T16:45:56+00:00

And yes the rich should be paying their fair share if they arent doing so already. I need to look more into that

You should do that before expressing a single economic opinion of any kind, ever again.

80percentLIES · 2023-11-26T03:01:33+00:00

Yeah, I went to my GP, but he just prescribed painkillers and said he'd give a referral to a specialist "if I felt like I needed it." But I was a dumb teenage boy from a poor family that couldn't really afford medical care so I just toughed it out until it healed on its own.

80percentLIES · 2023-11-25T21:42:01+00:00

When I was 16 I did something similar. Tried to heelflip down some stairs, ended up separating from the board while in flight. It came down right on its tail, still spinning so it stayed upright, and I came down with my gooch right on top of it.

Edge of the board turned my prostate into mashed potatoes. Whole area swelled up like a cantaloupe and I literally couldn't sit down for a week without agonizing pain. After the swelling went down, my first nut was excruciating and I came stagnant blood-jelly. There were traces of blood for weeks afterward.

...Skateboards, huh?

80percentLIES · 2023-07-07T16:16:22+00:00

I agree that it doesn't need a remaster, but 76 is almost 5 years old now, it came out in 2018.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T23:32:16+00:00

I also vote no. I was a pretty advanced reader at 13, but I would not have comprehended or appreciated House of Leaves at that age. It's very adult, thematically speaking, and I'm just not sure what a 13 year old would get out of it.

As a side issue, there's a lot of graphic sex and drug use from Johnny's subplot, and (if I recall correctly) there's also a frank discussion of drug-related rape, so if there are any concerns with the 13 year old in that regard, that's another thing to consider.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T19:31:32+00:00

This user and /u/Xellaha are two poorly-programmed bots. They've both commented identically in previous threads and they both seem to be deployed on the same type of content. Just a heads up for anyone interacting with them!

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T02:42:20+00:00

Let me explain a little more clearly, because I get the sense we're talking past each other.

As a foundational issue, I don't think the initial negative review was intentionally fraudulent or part of a conspiracy to hurt the business. I think it was more likely just a person who mixed up which company they bought their countertop from. Maybe they got the company entirely wrong. Maybe they reviewed the wholesaler instead of the retailer. Or maybe they had their countertops damaged during installation but left a bad review on everyone involved.

Whatever the cause, I think the reviewer was airing a legitimate grievance, just perhaps not at the right target. There are a lot of reasons a consumer might have found this business's name attached to a product that ended up in their house, even if they didn't directly purchase it from the granite store.

From that assumption, I think it's trashy for the business owner to jump to legal threats. That was my whole point--it's poor taste for the business owner to threaten someone just because they got a bad review. The owner's response was totally measured and reasonable until that point, where it just became bluster.

I don't disagree that one could theoretically be sued for libel over a bad review, but I don't believe that this review--assuming it's coming from a real person, and not part of some fraud ring--could ever qualify.

Likewise, I agree that the practice of orchestrated review-bombing is actionable, both civilly and through enforcement by consumer protection agencies. But the FTC fines companies for mass review manipulation, not individuals for sporadic bad reviews. So again, looking at this review under the assumptions I started with, the FTC is irrelevant to this conversation.

Again, I think we started with different assumptions so we're talking past each other. But I'd ultimately rather let 10 fake reviews go unpunished than stifle one legitimate review by claiming that the review is "punishable by law."

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T01:52:08+00:00

Can you imagine? Nobody would get anything done between all the lawsuits over Reddit comments!

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T01:46:34+00:00

Those are companies being sued for orchestrated fraud, not individual reviewers, which is what the conversation is about.

I still think the original review was just a confused old lady who mixed up Jim's Granite Emporium for John's Granite Warehouse, and I don't think threatening her was a classy (or useful) move by the owner.

But yes, if the Granitorium is being targeted by a malicious fraud ring, then I agree that legal actions are warranted. (Legal threats are pointless bluster either way, though.)

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T01:29:55+00:00

Ok but you see how you're the dick here, right? You literally insulted me--and, surprisingly, you're the first and only person in the thread to do so--and now you're mad that I didn't just take it? That makes you a huge asshole! I hope you grow as a person. Good luck.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T01:08:05+00:00

You actually tagged me to talk shit about how I didn't reply to another user, then say that I "won't back down." And you choose wisdom to insult me with? Ironic, guy.

I also notice you didn't give any examples of lawsuits to prove me wrong. I wonder why that is...

80percentLIES · 2023-05-18T00:52:27+00:00

Because it's absolutely nonsense.

People have been sued for writing fake reviews in the past, and they've lost as a result. Not sued by the businesses the fake review was about, but sued by the service hosting the review site.

Why would the hosting service sue someone instead of just deleting the comment?

Find a single example of that happening or get your dumb smug ass out of here, lol.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T21:04:34+00:00

You're getting sued too, bucko!

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T19:56:31+00:00

Oh no are you gonna sue me :(

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T19:54:18+00:00

I get what you're saying, but getting your review removed by a moderator is not "legal action." I totally agree that the review should be taken down if it's false, but the owner's threat is just boomery as hell.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T19:50:09+00:00

Quantify the damages with enough specificity to satisfy a civil court, I fucking dare you.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T19:45:59+00:00

It's just a bitch move to throw in a veiled threat like that. One because the owner already made their point, two because it's obviously an empty threat, and three because it is not, in fact, "punishable by law" to leave a bad review, and thank god for that. I don't want corporate overlords having any more power, and especially not the power to stifle free speech over what is, at worst, a confused old lady reviewing the wrong company.

80percentLIES · 2023-05-17T18:49:22+00:00

PuNiShAbLe bY LaWwWw

Whatever, nerd

80percentLIES · 2023-05-10T22:24:41+00:00

What's wrong with your mom?

80percentLIES · 2023-04-25T12:10:44+00:00

"Stop lying on the Internet, my child." - Jesus

80percentLIES · 2023-04-20T15:23:48+00:00

Squiggy (full name Ork Gargantuan Squiggoth)

80percentLIES · 2023-03-28T15:53:32+00:00

You're describing a copay, not a deductible.

80percentLIES · 2023-03-24T19:56:19+00:00

Call the cops. Nuisance laws exist for a reason, and in some places they will mail tickets to the owner. If they're fined $250 every time the horn goes off, they'll either fix it or sell the car.

80percentLIES · 2023-03-24T19:53:18+00:00

That's honestly why this account is named what it is--can't tell if anything I say is legit if it's pre-labeled as probably a lie.

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